Our one world ocean is vast and connects everyone on Earth. As we’ve found out in recent years, though, it’s incredibly vulnerable to pollution and various forms of exploitation, including overfishing, climate change, warming waters. Now in addition to all the other threats, the ocean and its diversity of life faces the threat of deep-sea mining.
For a long time, we believed the ocean was so huge and full of life that nothing we did could harm it and its abundance. We thought that pollution would simply dilute itself away. Current corporate plans, however, could cause severe disruption and pollution on a vast scale. Scientists warn that the destruction of marine life from deep-sea mining would be inevitable and permanent. We urgently need to better protect and understand our deep-sea ecosystems as they are so important to the health of our planet, the atmosphere, people worldwide, as well as, of course, life in our ocean.
Defend the Deep. Call on your government to support a moratorium on destructive deep-sea mining. The health of our ocean and future generations depend on it.
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